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first 250 Web sites in 1993, we have been intent on using the Web to close
the communication gap between scientists and the public. The
American public pays for the research at this national laboratory. Science Beat helps us tell you what
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Science Beat can be described as scientific news for those who
want to know but don't speak the language. The information online
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Preuss, Jeffery Kahn, and Allan Chen from our Public Information
Department. Ron Kolb heads the department. Many of the photos are by Lab
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to qualified members of the media).

Jeffery Kahn is the editor of Science Beat (as well as
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